Antibacterial and antifungal activity of extracts and exudates of the Amazonian medicinal tree Himatanthus articulatus (Vahl) Woodson (common name: sucuba)
Himatanthus articulatus (Vahl) Woodson is a tree found in the northern Amazon savannahs (common name: sucuba) that is used in local Amerindian medicine. Leaf, bark and branch wood methanol extracts, sequentially obtained hexane, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts and latex were evaluated for antifu...
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| author | Bianca Jorge Sequeira Marcos Jose Salgado Vital Adrian Martin Pohlit Isabel Costa Pararols Glaucia Socorro Barros Caúper |
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| description | Himatanthus articulatus (Vahl) Woodson is a tree found in the northern Amazon savannahs (common name: sucuba) that is used in local Amerindian medicine. Leaf, bark and branch wood methanol extracts, sequentially obtained hexane, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts and latex were evaluated for antifungal and antibacterial activities against American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) and local clinical strains using the disc diffusion method. Methanol extracts and latex inhibited Candida albicans, leaf methanol extracts inhibited Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis and bark methanol extracts inhibited B. subtilis. Active extracts inhibited the ATCC and clinical strains. Polar antifungal and antibacterial principles in latex and extracts are thought to be responsible for the inhibition. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-98ff2b2a2e9d4b02b4b4dcbd303f267d2023-08-02T09:29:08ZengFundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz0074-02761678-80602009-07-01104465966110.1590/S0074-02762009000400022Antibacterial and antifungal activity of extracts and exudates of the Amazonian medicinal tree Himatanthus articulatus (Vahl) Woodson (common name: sucuba)Bianca Jorge SequeiraMarcos Jose Salgado VitalAdrian Martin PohlitIsabel Costa PararolsGlaucia Socorro Barros CaúperHimatanthus articulatus (Vahl) Woodson is a tree found in the northern Amazon savannahs (common name: sucuba) that is used in local Amerindian medicine. Leaf, bark and branch wood methanol extracts, sequentially obtained hexane, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts and latex were evaluated for antifungal and antibacterial activities against American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) and local clinical strains using the disc diffusion method. Methanol extracts and latex inhibited Candida albicans, leaf methanol extracts inhibited Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis and bark methanol extracts inhibited B. subtilis. Active extracts inhibited the ATCC and clinical strains. Polar antifungal and antibacterial principles in latex and extracts are thought to be responsible for the inhibition.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762009000400022Candida albicansStaphylococcus aureusBacillus subtilisEscherichia coliApocynaceaeRoraima |
| spellingShingle | Bianca Jorge Sequeira Marcos Jose Salgado Vital Adrian Martin Pohlit Isabel Costa Pararols Glaucia Socorro Barros Caúper Antibacterial and antifungal activity of extracts and exudates of the Amazonian medicinal tree Himatanthus articulatus (Vahl) Woodson (common name: sucuba) Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Candida albicans Staphylococcus aureus Bacillus subtilis Escherichia coli Apocynaceae Roraima |
| title | Antibacterial and antifungal activity of extracts and exudates of the Amazonian medicinal tree Himatanthus articulatus (Vahl) Woodson (common name: sucuba) |
| title_full | Antibacterial and antifungal activity of extracts and exudates of the Amazonian medicinal tree Himatanthus articulatus (Vahl) Woodson (common name: sucuba) |
| title_fullStr | Antibacterial and antifungal activity of extracts and exudates of the Amazonian medicinal tree Himatanthus articulatus (Vahl) Woodson (common name: sucuba) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Antibacterial and antifungal activity of extracts and exudates of the Amazonian medicinal tree Himatanthus articulatus (Vahl) Woodson (common name: sucuba) |
| title_short | Antibacterial and antifungal activity of extracts and exudates of the Amazonian medicinal tree Himatanthus articulatus (Vahl) Woodson (common name: sucuba) |
| title_sort | antibacterial and antifungal activity of extracts and exudates of the amazonian medicinal tree himatanthus articulatus vahl woodson common name sucuba |
| topic | Candida albicans Staphylococcus aureus Bacillus subtilis Escherichia coli Apocynaceae Roraima |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762009000400022 |
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